Stith Thompson was Professor in English and Folklore in Indiana University and was co-author of The Types of the Folktale (Helsinki, 1961) and author of the Motif-Index of Folk Literature (Indiana, 1955)

Stith Thompson was Professor in English and Folklore in Indiana University and was co-author of The Types of the Folktale (Helsinki, 1961) and author of the Motif-Index of Folk Literature (Indiana, 1955)